Get swept up in the savage glory of the sea -- the crashing waves, the surging tides -- all without getting wet during the San Francisco Symphony's performance of Benjamin Britten's Four Sea Interludes. Taken from Britten's Peter Grimes, one of the greatest 20th century operas, the already powerful Four Sea Interludes are intensified and enriched thanks to video installations from Tal Rosner, the BAFTA-winning artist and filmmaker. Drawing on imagery from San Francisco and other coastal cities, the video art will immerse you in Britten's riotous seascapes ... all without the need for a personal flotation device. To conclude the concert, the Symphony looks to another Britten masterwork, this one from a ballet, the exotic The Prince of the Pagodas.

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“Inside Music,” an informative talk with Laura Stanfield Prichard, begins one hour prior to the concert. Free to ticketholders

About the Ticket Supplier: San Francisco Symphony

The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas present more than 220 concerts each year from September through July in a variety of genres, with SFS musicians performing classical concerts, holiday favorites, summer pops events, free outdoor concerts, special series for families and children, plus presentations of visiting guest artists and orchestras from around the globe. The San Francisco Symphony also takes its unique style to audiences world-wide, touring nationally and internationally every year. The SFS is currently recording all the Mahler symphonies on its own media label and has recently launched Keeping Score, a national, multi-year, multi-media project bringing classical music to millions of Americans via TV, radio, the Internet and more.